Folding@Home News 14th - 21st Jan 2011

have been looking at this Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 or the Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5
just cant seem to find the funds for them or the DDR3 ram to go with them
 
Will do, I'm taking it easy for the moment, just running standard smp on stock and keeping an eye on the tubing, always makes me nervous that once the heat starts I'll get a leak.

Temps are at 50 on full load with fans at half voltage on a RS240, so should have some room for overclocking.
 
Yeah SB runs cool even at high volts. I'm having a bit of trouble with the SR-2 since I pushed it to 4.2Ghz, so I've spent some time tonight tweaking the bios settings and am IBT Very High, 4GB mem, 32 Threads stable so far.

Currently running Prime 95 24 threads blend (nearly 1 hr done) which is about 1.5GB memory but I'm losing folding time now :(

Loosened the timings on the memory to 9,9,9,20,74,1T and its running at 760Mhz :eek: :D
 
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Problems :(

Code: 
Launch directory: D:\Folding\FAH6.30-win32-SMP
Executable: D:\Folding\FAH6.30-win32-SMP\[email protected]
Arguments: -smp 8

[01:54:59] - Ask before connecting: No
[01:54:59] - User name: dekez (Team 10)
[01:54:59] - User ID: 39D0568928D2C1E4
[01:54:59] - Machine ID: 1
[01:54:59]
[01:54:59] Loaded queue successfully.
[01:54:59]
[01:54:59] + Processing work unit
[01:54:59] Core required: FahCore_a3.exe
[01:54:59] Core found.
[01:54:59] Working on queue slot 01 [January 26 01:54:59 UTC]
[01:54:59] + Working ...
[01:54:59]
[01:54:59] *------------------------------*
[01:54:59] Folding@Home Gromacs SMP Core
[01:54:59] Version 2.22 (Mar 12, 2010)
[01:54:59]
[01:54:59] Preparing to commence simulation
[01:54:59] - Ensuring status. Please wait.
[01:55:08] - Looking at optimizations...
[01:55:08] - Working with standard loops on this execution.
[01:55:08] - Previous termination of core was improper.
[01:55:08] - Going to use standard loops.
[01:55:08] - Files status OK
[01:55:09] - Expanded 1765146 -> 2254429 (decompressed 127.7 percent)
[01:55:09] Called DecompressByteArray: compressed_data_size=1765146 data_size=22
54429, decompressed_data_size=2254429 diff=0
[01:55:09] - Digital signature verified
[01:55:09]
[01:55:09] Project: 6062 (Run 0, Clone 152, Gen 205)
[01:55:09]
[01:55:09] Entering M.D.
[01:55:15] Using Gromacs checkpoints
[01:55:16] Resuming from checkpoint
[01:55:16] Verified work/wudata_01.log
[01:55:16] Verified work/wudata_01.trr
[01:55:16] Verified work/wudata_01.edr
[01:55:16] Completed 119282 out of 500000 steps  (23%)
[01:55:44] Completed 120000 out of 500000 steps  (24%)
[01:59:03] Completed 125000 out of 500000 steps  (25%)
[02:02:22] Completed 130000 out of 500000 steps  (26%)
[02:05:32] Completed 135000 out of 500000 steps  (27%)

Somethings not right, 23-24% is a tpf of about 30secs, then it drops massively to about 3min :confused:

Task manager is showing all 8 cores at full whack, gpu isn't running, cpuz shows the clock speed at 3.5Ghz. The only thing the pc is doing is copying some files in the background, it couldn't be that could it? :confused:
 
23-24 isnt a full step, its 112928 to 120000 rather than 110000 to 120000.

3 mins a frame looks about right to me, will be frequently popping in between now and 8am as im on the night shift.
 
Just got this:

13mil.jpg


Just got to pass LigerZero and I'll be in the Top 5, until Ba speeds past ofc! ;)
 
Ah brilliant :) for some reason HFM is saying only 2K PPD.

Excellent tiffy Speed!

edit: just installed FahMon - 17,756PPD :D thats more like it! Don't know what is up with HFM.NET.
 
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Ive had quite a few issues with HFM lately. Was reporting an Athlon Quad @ 700ppd or so. Installed HFM on the rig the chip is in and fine, few mins later main rig reports fine and the cycle continues.

I've not been able to open the work unit database for weeks as well.
 
Yes I downloaded the projects again and double checked that bonus calculation was enabled, strange I'll reinstall it later and see if that helps.
 
deks: HFM 0.61beta here, you on the same.

Nova: That doesn't sound good at all mate.

Speed: Nice tiffeeeeeeeeeeeee! :D

dekz: I've got a MCR320 and a MCR220 cooling the 2600K and GTX460.
CPU is at 4.6Ghz using 3.37V and the GTX460 is at 900 core using 1050mv
Temps are around 53-55°C on CPU and 46°C on the GPU.
 
Cheers Biffa, I'll check when back home later what version I'm running.

I'll have a go at overclocking tonight, might not take the cpu voltage that high though! :p
 
Pc could do with a reinstall really, I hate doing my own though too much software and what not to reinstall and back up, other peoples I dont mind
 
Not much overclocking for me, seems there are some issues with the bios on the board I have (P8P67-M Pro), most notably the fact that there is no simple way to change the cpu voltage :mad:
I don't want to spend loads of time overclocking only to have to do it all again once a bios update is out, so have just set it to 4Ghz for now.
 
Do it! :D I might be limited to 4Ghz for a while, the temps now with the gpu folding and blowing hot air inside the case and into the radiator are 65. If I can rework the loop with a bay res I could fit another rad in the bottom of the case though.

I'm trying to avoid watercooling the 460s for now as it's expensive and a bit of a pain when swapping things around. Maybe when some blocks turn up cheap in MM I'll get them. That reminds me I still need to put the other 460 in the other rig.
 
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